My roommate the fugitive

Apparently, this is the sort of character you run into when you sign up to teach people English in a foreign country. My roommate, Simon, is a Brit whose current address is in Los Angeles. He is the sort of guy who wears cologne to the beach, and he has apparently sampled such exotic substances as copier toner in his younger days.

He is also a large fan of rum (and the local rice whiskey). The photo above was taken the night we found a bottle of MC Hammer rum at the supermarket in Ban Phe and had to have it. Rest assured, there were more than enough ‘Hammer Time’ jokes that night.

Simon used to be a travel agent with STA Travel. He might still be a travel agent for a few more days, since he never bothered to tell anyone he was leaving. He was apparently supposed to move to the California office a few weeks ago, but he never showed up. Instead, he told his boss he wasn’t feeling too well and hopped on a plane to Thailand.